Exceeding Sinfulnef ofSin. 389, for Sin, in his Comment uponGenefis; Tt is ahar- der matter to Comfort an /Ogled Confcience for Sin, than toraif e onefrom the Dead. This was a Speech of Luther, he tawwhat was in anAfiifiedCon- fcience for fin. Further, SurelyMelancholly 'tis not ; no nor timeroufnefs, nor folly : do but take an exam- ple or two,and foI thall conclude. That ofDa- vid, you {hall find in David that hewas aman motsfree from melancholly, for the temper of his body it was a mofi cheerful difpofition, and a warlike fpirit, andverywife : And yet there is none in the Book of God more troubled in fpirit for Sin,than he was. Firfi, I will thew you what manner of man Davidwas; and then what his troubles ofCon- fcience were for fin : Sure he was nomelanchol- lyman, For(Firft) you fhall find it in 1 Sato. I6 12. that he for hisbodily Conflitution was fan- guine, andnot melanchollie; hewas ofa ruddy and beautiful Countinance, and goodlie to look upon : So that David for rheConfiitutionof his bodie,was ofa fanguine confütution. And then, for the Valor of David, he was a mightie man of Valor, 2 Sam. 17. io. And he wasvaliant whole heart was as the heart ofaLion This was thecom- mendationofHufbay, 2 Sam. 17.10. concerning David. Andhe was veriecheerful ;who made fo manie Pfalms , and was fo Mufical as David 2 Sam.23.1. he iscalled the fweetfinger ofifrael; and had fuck a fweet complexion,was fanguine, and a great deal of valor, and the fweet finger of Ifrael. And for Wifdom, he was as an An- Yy gel
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